Raspberrys, now or later?

[Peebels]

Hi

I am wanting to get some raspberry canes and I was thinking of getting a mix of summer and autumns. If i got them now would the autumns produce any fruit this year? I’m getting them either way, its just the difference between now or later.

Thanks

[erik]

i dont think you would get any fruit.i have a 10 ft row of summer and autum varities it makes the picking season last longer if you ask me.i have picked 6lb up to now

[Alison]

Autumn raspberries fruit on this year's canes which are already growing well. You might get a bit of a crop but I'd expect it to be very small and you'd be better letting the canes establish themselves.

[Kristen]

"I am wanting to get some raspberry canes"

Much better to plant them in the autumn and let them get established. You won't get anything from the early season ones (next season), and you need to cut them down to 6" after planting so that they sucker-up and get established for future years. You need to take the Long haul on this one I'm afraid.

I planted 100 canes this spring (yes I know, but I wasn't thinking last autumn ...) in about 10 varieties from very early to late autumn.

[Alison]

100 canes! Hope you like raspberries, I'm getting loads off mine and I've got about 8!

[Kristen]

"Hope you like raspberries"

Well, I expect the birds will have some, and hopefully they will be over a long season - only 10 plants, or so, per variety.

One of my kids gets through a large bowl full a day ...